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1974-05-11 Indianapolis Recorder

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Second Claes Postage Paid at Indianapolis, Indiana, 518 Indiana Avenue Zip Code 46202
634-1546 rXXJNDED1896 20 CtWTS PB, O0P¥
INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA SATURDAY. MAY 11, 1974
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FOR 'BETTER HEALTH': Charles Williams (right), vice-
president for religion for Lilly Endowment, Inc., presents;
a check for $150,000 to Rev. R.T. Andrews, pastor of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, representing "see^" money for
a one and one-half million dollar health facility.
(See Story) s ,
Mt. lion gets $150,000 Lilly
grant toward health care unit
v - . - - , ■
Narco cops seize $l-mill.on
in dope. 'Mr. Big' in raid
Lilly Endowment, Inc., has
approved contribution of $150,
OOO toward the construction of
the $1,45,000, 106 bed nursery home to be constructed in
the Ta klngton neighborhood.
Rev. R. T. Andrews Sr., 88-
year-old energetic pastor of Mt.
Zlon Baptist Church, 35th and
Graceland, made the announcement of the grant from the pulpit Sunday morning.
Reading from a letter from
Charles G. Williams, vice-president for Religion of Lilly endowment, Inc., Rev. Andrews
described the Lilly grant, which
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Mrs. Willa Taylor is club's
'Mother of the Year' for 74
Mre. Wflla L. Taylor, 2029
Massachusetts, is the Progressive Mathers Club's Mother of
the Year for 1974. She will be
honored in a luncheon Saturday
at Sweden House.
The mother of nine, seven of
which are living, Mrs. Taylor
Is a native of Kentucky and has
lived most of her life in Indiana.
She wes graduated from School
26 and Shortridge High School.
She was married for over 50
' tars to the late William Tay-
, She is an active member
the senior choir of her
church, -the Board ot Christian
Action end Community Service,
the Church Convention and
Church Aid Society and has
served as preside nt of each of
these organizatiois.
She is also active in the Sunday School Church, the Baptist
Training Union and serves as
coordinator of the senior citizens activities. She was instrumental in getting the school
board to construct the present
School 26.
Other memberships include
the Indianapolis Church Federation, the IF Club, an inter-
Former city man
first black on
California council
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., ,
Lawrence Horner, former
Indianapolis resident who moved to this city in 1968, has become-the first black to hold a
seat on the city council here.
Horner, an engineer with Litton Industries, was elected to
the council recently. He is a
graduate of Crispus Attucks
High School and received his
bachelor and master degrees
from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Married and the father of
three, Horner is the son of
Mrs. Anna Horner, and the
brother of Miss Rosalind Horner both of 323 W. 39th, Indianapolis.
1 dead, 2 critical
Series of racially motivated
shootings plague Evansville
Say Calif.
man ran huge
heroin ring
EVANSVILLE — ,
This Ohio River city has
been plagued by a series of*
racial shootings In recent days
but authorities here were quick
to point out that there is no
reason to believe that Evansville is in the grips of a "Zebra"
style terror campaign like that
has plagued San Francisco in
recent months.
The latest shooting victim,
a 17-year-old black-youth, remained in critical condition
Wednesday in an Evansville
hospital after being shot by the
white occupants of a passing
truck as he stood on an Inner
city street Tuesday night. The
victim was identified as Keith
Foreman, 839 E. Powell Ave.
Foreman was strick in the
right side of his chest by one
of two occupants of a old-
model pickup (tuck which was
seen speeding from the shooting.
Police said the series of racially motivated shootings is
believed to have been triggered
by the fatal shooting April 27,
of a black bar patron who was
Climaxing a two-month investigation, a joint task force
of federal agents and. local
narcotics police last Wednesday apprehended a 51-year-
and fatally wounded by a« old California man who ia bo-
School board files desegregation
plan with federal
MRS. WILLA L. TAYLOR
national fellowship: the Juvenile
Center Auxiliary, life membership in the Indiana State PTA
(she served five years as president of the School 26 PTA), a
Salvation Army volunteer, having received a plaqye for 100
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The Indianapolis Board of
School Commissioners early
this week directed Its attorney
to file three Intracity school
plans with u*S. District Court
Judge S. Hugh Dillon. The desegregation plans were prepared under court order, by the
planning department of the city
public schools.
Heretofore, the school board
already has submitted a metropolitan desegregation plan to
Judge Dillon. However, he ordered the school board to submit such plans as of, or by
May 9.
The desegregation plan heretofore submitted to Judge Dill-
Civil rights panel urges Senate
to reject all antibusing measures
WASHINGTON, -r-
The U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights has urged the Senate to
reject all major anti-busing a-
•mendments scheduled to be considered later this week, charging that three of the measures
are clearly unconstitutional.
Passage of any legislation
limiting the power of courts or
government agencies to require
desegregation through busing,
the commission said, "would
turn the celebrations planned
for the .20th anniversary of the
Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court decision into a
dirge/'
On May 17, 1954, the high
court outlawed the principle of
separate but equal schools for
blacks as inherently unconstitutional.
The five-member commission Said that the main antibusing proposal before the Senate,
Introduced by Sen. EdwardGur-
ney, R-Fla., would in effect
overturn the Supreme Court's
1971 decision IntheSwanncase,
which said that busing is a
legitimate means for overcom
ing racial segregation. TheGu-
rney amendment, similar to
antibusing provisions already'
passed by the House, terms busing a last resort and would
limit transportation to the
school cloest to a child's home.
Another provision oftheGru-
ney amendment would allow the
reopening of existing desegregation cases to conform with the
new busing limits. This provision, the commission said,
"would reopen old wounds in
many communities, bring to 8
halt the steps mat are being
taken to achieve genuine desegregation. . .»'
The Gurney Admendment,the
commisssion concluded, "Contradicts both itself and the con*
sititution. It recognizes constitutional rights but denies federal institutions the power to
protect them."
The Ervin amendment, that
would restore "freedom of choice'1 in selection of schools by
parents and students, seeks to
overturn a 1968 Supreme Court
ruling, as well as part of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
commission said.
The Ashbrook amendment
which would prohibit the use of
federal funds for busing would
deny the right of students to attend unsegregated schools, the
commission added.
dn would send about
black pupils to "22
school districts and
9,000 pupils within ine.
sellaol-s-ystem next fall. "-**''
The city-only plan favored by
the school system's planning
department divides the city
schools into, nk.e attendance
areas, each area bearing the
name of the high school located
within its boundaries.
Apparently 11 elementary
schools would be closed under
the plan. These Include Schools
4, 8, /12, 30, 39, 41, 47, 76,
85, 95 and 104. Some other
schools kept open likely would
undergo variations in functions.
.Wood High and Shortrigde,
High Schools would be phased
out by the end of the year with
Wood continuing as an upper
elementary school serving
Washington High School. Shortridge would either become a
consolidated upper elementary
school serving Broad Ripple
High School or be converted
for use as a day adult school.
Apparently, more than 30,000
pupils would be reassigned under the plan, dslganated as area
pyramid-1974, although this
figure Includes about 10,000
who already have had their re-
assignments changed for racial
purposes.
wSupt. Karl Kalp, reportedly,
misestimated between 20,000
shot
white bartender who was later
freed under $1,000 bond.
In the series of shootings that
followed the tavern Incident
three white persons have been
hospitalized with gunshot
wounds suffered while driving
through the predominantly
black area near where the tavern Is located.
'Some persons here have
speculated that the shootings
had been committed by a San
Francisco type "Zebra" organization although Donald Mc-
Nary, executive director of the
Evansville Human Relations
Commission, says that he feels
that different persons were responsible for the two shooting
incidents.
Last Friday, a 20-year-old
Evansville man and his teenage
wife were shot when they
stepped for a stop light at an
Evansville intersection. Mrs.
Peggy Hamilton, 18, remained
hospitalized in critical condi-
lieved to have operated a
multi-state drug ring here and
in Memphis, Tenn., Louisville
and California.
Arrested in connection with
the alleged multi-million dope
operation was Bernard Carlton
of Los Angeles, who is being
held in the Marion County Jail
in leu of bonds totaling
$50,000.
Carlton, who is believed to
have been the major supplier
for at least two of the city's
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Two defeated
Democrats
consider suit
Two unsuccessful candidates who had sought die
Democratic nomination for
the State Legislature from
District 45 in the Indianapolis
inner city on Wednesday threatened a court challenge of
the primary results-with both
men charging that they were
the victims in an alleged vote
fraud.
The threat of a possible
federal court challenge was
being explored by incumbent
State Legislator William
(Skinny) Alexander, who apparently lost his bid for a
second term in the Indiana
General Assembly, and mor-
tician-politican Joseph W.
Summers, who said he has
evidence of irregularities in
too many precinis "for them
all to have been acciderttial."
Summers, a former member
of Indianapolis Board of Public
Safety, member, cited one
Instance in the balloting Tuesday in which he noted an irregularity: "My mother discovered that she was unable
to pull down the lever under
my name when she went to the
polls at School 42 In the 6th
District."
The obviously angered legislative hopeful, who operates
Summers Funeral Chapel at
3040 N. Capitol, revealed that
he had been conferring with
his attorneys Wednesday afternoon and that they were investigating the possibility of
asking the United States Attorneys office to launch an investigation into "the very real
possibility of extensive vote
fraud in the 45th District."
Alexander, an incmbent who
went to the polls without the
backing of the Marion County
Democratic Central Committee, also confirmed that he was
considering a court challenge
to Tuesday's balloting.
Alexander, and State Repre-
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Dickinson to receive 1st
IUSB honorary degree
S«"bM_would^Mqulre trans- tion Wednesday as a result of
portatton, with the remainder tt»** shoottag. Her husband,
walking to their new elem?^ Donald Hamilton was listed in
tary schools. satisfactory condition.
Each high school district <-»-* Saturday another white
would be composed of the area man, David O'Keffe, was shot
while waiting for a traffic slg-
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Former local man nabbed
here in Penn. murder case
A 21-year-old former Indianapolis man, freed from a
Pennsylvania prison less than
30 days ago, was arrested here
Monday morning In connection
with the killing of a Philadelphia grocery store owner.
The accused slayer, Robert
E. Bishop, Philadelphia, was
arrested at 3 a.m. Monday as
he slept In the home of his
brother. Detectives from the
police department's homicide
and robbery branch went to the
Bishop house after receiving a
telephone call from Philadelphia police informing them
that Robert Bishop had fled the
Philadelphia area and was ex-
Antibusing provisions will
come up from Senate debate
as part of a $23 billion federal
school aid bill that passed the
House on March 26. The bill
contains a moderate antibusing provision developed two
years ago by Sen.'Mike Mansfield of Montana, the majority
leader and Sen. Hugh Scott of
Pennsylvania,' the raonority leader.
While the Scott-Mansfield
provision* is net clearly unconstitutional, fhe commission said
lt also should be rejected since
lt would "slow down the process of implementing the constitutional rights set forth" in
the 1954 desegregation decision.'
Portugal appeals for
a truce in Africa
LISBON —
The Ruling military junta appealed this week for a ceasefire in Portugal's African territories.
Gen. Francisco da Costa
Gomes* a leading member of
the junta and chief of the joint
defense staff, promised thai
the guerrilla forces that have
been righting for 13 years would
be able to participate in free
political activity leading to a
referendum on the territories'
future at an unspecified date.
Eventually independence was
not specifically excluded.
The general spoke at a news
conference here shortly after
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IUPUI officials promise 'some action'
on bias charges against medical unit
Employees of the Respiratory
Therapy Unit at Indiana-Purdue
University Medical Center ham
been promised "some action"
on their charges of racial re
in s meeting last Tuesday,
Dr. Frances Rhome, assistant
to the chancellor of IUPUI, re-
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portedly admitted that their may
be some evidence of discrimination in the unit and promised
"some action will be taken.*'
Employees filed complaints
three weeks ago charging that
the unit's officials were using
"Gestapo tactics' inanatterapt
to "get rid of all the black
employees In the department.
They said blacks in the department were constantly harassed,
assigned heavier work loads and
are overlooked when it comes to
promotions.
officials have denied this but
have .ordered an investigation
into the charges.
Attending the AprU 30 meeting were Mrs. Anita DeFrantz,
speech and hearing cllniclanaud
a member'of the Affirmative
Action Committee, of which Dr.
Rhome is chairman; William
Hall, IUPUI, attorney, aad the*
officials of the Indiana Civil
Rights Coramiasion, Charles
Sims, director of Investigators j
Claude MeKenste, investigators.
. Dr. Rhome announced that
school officials would investigate the charges, but-the black
employees questioned die efficiency of the officials.
Meanwhile, Glen Howard of
the Movement for Equality and
Opportunity (M.O.E.) announced
that there would be a meeting
May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Second
Christian Youth Center, 29th
and Illinois, to determined the
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pected to visit the home of his
brother here.
Police said Robert Bishop
was apprehended without incident.
Bishop, who was arrested on
a fugitive charge, has been
charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery by
Philadelphia police.
Bishop was released from a
Pennsylvania prison less than
30 days ago after having served
a five-year term for burglary.
The accused slayer appeared
Wednesday morning In Municipal Court Room 10, where
he waived extradition and a-
greed to return voluntarily to
Philadelphia, saying that he was
not involved in the shooting and
wanted to "go back and clear
this thing up."
Phlldelphla police are to pick
Bishop up on Friday.
Philadelphia authorities said
that Bishop aad two companions
last Friday shot and killed a
grocery store owner during a
robbery.
Indianapolis police said that
Bishop- had sustained a gunshot
wound in the hand during a
brief shootout with Philadelphia
police aad had treated himself
before coming to Indianapolis.
The other two suspects are
both in the custody of Philadelphia police.
No charges were filed against
die suspect's brother.
SOUTH BEND, —
The first honorary degree to
be presented at Indiana University at South Bend (IUSB) commencement is to go to Jesse
Dickinson.
Dickinson, a South Bend civic
leader, ex-legislator and former Indiana Civil Rights Commission chairman, is to receive
the degree during ceremonies
on May 15 at the University of
Notre Dame's* Athletic and Convocation Center.
Dickinson is one of 12 persons to receive Indiana University honorary degrees in five
seperate commencements this
month.
Dickinson, along-time leader
in community and state projects
until late 1972 served as director of the South Bend Public
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JESSE DICKINSON
Million youths called
illiterate in U.S. test
WASHINGTON, —
About a million American
youths 12 to 17, cannot read as
well as the average fourth-grader and can thus be called
illerate, according to a new
government report.
Reading test scores were
worse among blacks than
whites, boys than girls, and
youngsters from low-income
families with less-educated parents than those from more
fortunate backgrounds, the report showed.
The report, released by the
National Center for Health Statistics, provided new evidence
that the United States has a
serious literacy problem despite the more than $40 billion
spent yearly on public school
operations.
The report's findings were
based on brief literacy tests
Churches plan youth
program for summer
A summer program for youngsters, school pupils of the
inner-city, in grades 1 through
grade 8 will be sponsored by St.
John's Missionary Baptist Church and St. Rita's Roman Cath
olic Church June 17 through
Aug. 10.
, Rev. Johnny Tunstall TV of
St. John observed mat the program will provide academic tut-
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administered to a selected sample of 6,768 youths from 1966
through 1970.
The tests were part of the
center's health examination
survey, a major quest for data
on American's physical and
mental health. Later reports
will explore links between illiteracy and health problems.
The sampled youngsters were
asked to read seven short paragraphs of 40 to 50 words and
answer three multiple-choice
questions one each. They were
considered literate If they could
give correct answers for four
of the paragraphs.
One paragraph read: "It was
spring. The young boy breathed,
the warm sprlnaair, threw off
his shoes and began to run. His
arras swung. His feet hit sharply
and evenly against the ground.
At last'he felt free*." The questions concerned the season of
the year, what the boy was doing
and how he felt.
The 12 to 17 year-olds whose
scores fell below what could be
expected from the average child
beginning fourth-grade were
considered illiterate. Fourth-
graders are normally .9* years
old.
After analysing the test results, survey officials estimated that 4.9 per cent of the na--
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Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs to meet here July 6-*$
FRESHNESS OF SPRING: Little Misses Maria Bebley (left)
and Glna Bowles admire the first buds - a sure sign that
spring Is really here -on a small tree on the lawn of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art. Utile Miss Bebley Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. •Walter Bebley, 2602 E. 40th
and Little Miss Bowles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fredric Bowles, 28 S. Sheridan. (Recorder photo by Jim
Bunas)
The annual conference of the
Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs will be
held In the city at the Marott
Hotel July 8-9.
Speakers on the 8:80 a.m.
panel program Included, Ms.
Julia Carson, speaking on "The
Black Woman in polltica; Mrs.
T. Beatrice Holland, "The
Black WOman In Civil Rights
Mover int.". Mrs. Osma Spur-
lock, "The Woman in Employment," and Ms. Betty Jonas,
"The Black Woman and ERA.
Interviewers will include Mrs.
Alpha Blackburn and Mrs.Barbara Boyd.
The National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs la the
oldest and the largest organisation of Black Women over the
nation with affllliated clubs ta
Alaska, Canada ami Germany.
fc-
Mrs. Hazel M. Mlnneiield,
Anderson, Ind., Is president of
the state federation, an«l Mrs.
Juanita W. Brown, East Chicago, is the second Indiana
woman in the 78 year* of his-,
ton- of the National Association to serve as president.
Highlights of the annual state
conference iivladt^fbv awards
dinner at the Marut|Saturday
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Second Claes Postage Paid at Indianapolis, Indiana, 518 Indiana Avenue Zip Code 46202
634-1546 rXXJNDED1896 20 CtWTS PB, O0P¥
INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA SATURDAY. MAY 11, 1974
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FOR 'BETTER HEALTH': Charles Williams (right), vice-
president for religion for Lilly Endowment, Inc., presents;
a check for $150,000 to Rev. R.T. Andrews, pastor of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, representing "see^" money for
a one and one-half million dollar health facility.
(See Story) s ,
Mt. lion gets $150,000 Lilly
grant toward health care unit
v - . - - , ■
Narco cops seize $l-mill.on
in dope. 'Mr. Big' in raid
Lilly Endowment, Inc., has
approved contribution of $150,
OOO toward the construction of
the $1,45,000, 106 bed nursery home to be constructed in
the Ta klngton neighborhood.
Rev. R. T. Andrews Sr., 88-
year-old energetic pastor of Mt.
Zlon Baptist Church, 35th and
Graceland, made the announcement of the grant from the pulpit Sunday morning.
Reading from a letter from
Charles G. Williams, vice-president for Religion of Lilly endowment, Inc., Rev. Andrews
described the Lilly grant, which
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Mrs. Willa Taylor is club's
'Mother of the Year' for 74
Mre. Wflla L. Taylor, 2029
Massachusetts, is the Progressive Mathers Club's Mother of
the Year for 1974. She will be
honored in a luncheon Saturday
at Sweden House.
The mother of nine, seven of
which are living, Mrs. Taylor
Is a native of Kentucky and has
lived most of her life in Indiana.
She wes graduated from School
26 and Shortridge High School.
She was married for over 50
' tars to the late William Tay-
, She is an active member
the senior choir of her
church, -the Board ot Christian
Action end Community Service,
the Church Convention and
Church Aid Society and has
served as preside nt of each of
these organizatiois.
She is also active in the Sunday School Church, the Baptist
Training Union and serves as
coordinator of the senior citizens activities. She was instrumental in getting the school
board to construct the present
School 26.
Other memberships include
the Indianapolis Church Federation, the IF Club, an inter-
Former city man
first black on
California council
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., ,
Lawrence Horner, former
Indianapolis resident who moved to this city in 1968, has become-the first black to hold a
seat on the city council here.
Horner, an engineer with Litton Industries, was elected to
the council recently. He is a
graduate of Crispus Attucks
High School and received his
bachelor and master degrees
from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Married and the father of
three, Horner is the son of
Mrs. Anna Horner, and the
brother of Miss Rosalind Horner both of 323 W. 39th, Indianapolis.
1 dead, 2 critical
Series of racially motivated
shootings plague Evansville
Say Calif.
man ran huge
heroin ring
EVANSVILLE — ,
This Ohio River city has
been plagued by a series of*
racial shootings In recent days
but authorities here were quick
to point out that there is no
reason to believe that Evansville is in the grips of a "Zebra"
style terror campaign like that
has plagued San Francisco in
recent months.
The latest shooting victim,
a 17-year-old black-youth, remained in critical condition
Wednesday in an Evansville
hospital after being shot by the
white occupants of a passing
truck as he stood on an Inner
city street Tuesday night. The
victim was identified as Keith
Foreman, 839 E. Powell Ave.
Foreman was strick in the
right side of his chest by one
of two occupants of a old-
model pickup (tuck which was
seen speeding from the shooting.
Police said the series of racially motivated shootings is
believed to have been triggered
by the fatal shooting April 27,
of a black bar patron who was
Climaxing a two-month investigation, a joint task force
of federal agents and. local
narcotics police last Wednesday apprehended a 51-year-
and fatally wounded by a« old California man who ia bo-
School board files desegregation
plan with federal
MRS. WILLA L. TAYLOR
national fellowship: the Juvenile
Center Auxiliary, life membership in the Indiana State PTA
(she served five years as president of the School 26 PTA), a
Salvation Army volunteer, having received a plaqye for 100
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The Indianapolis Board of
School Commissioners early
this week directed Its attorney
to file three Intracity school
plans with u*S. District Court
Judge S. Hugh Dillon. The desegregation plans were prepared under court order, by the
planning department of the city
public schools.
Heretofore, the school board
already has submitted a metropolitan desegregation plan to
Judge Dillon. However, he ordered the school board to submit such plans as of, or by
May 9.
The desegregation plan heretofore submitted to Judge Dill-
Civil rights panel urges Senate
to reject all antibusing measures
WASHINGTON, -r-
The U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights has urged the Senate to
reject all major anti-busing a-
•mendments scheduled to be considered later this week, charging that three of the measures
are clearly unconstitutional.
Passage of any legislation
limiting the power of courts or
government agencies to require
desegregation through busing,
the commission said, "would
turn the celebrations planned
for the .20th anniversary of the
Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court decision into a
dirge/'
On May 17, 1954, the high
court outlawed the principle of
separate but equal schools for
blacks as inherently unconstitutional.
The five-member commission Said that the main antibusing proposal before the Senate,
Introduced by Sen. EdwardGur-
ney, R-Fla., would in effect
overturn the Supreme Court's
1971 decision IntheSwanncase,
which said that busing is a
legitimate means for overcom
ing racial segregation. TheGu-
rney amendment, similar to
antibusing provisions already'
passed by the House, terms busing a last resort and would
limit transportation to the
school cloest to a child's home.
Another provision oftheGru-
ney amendment would allow the
reopening of existing desegregation cases to conform with the
new busing limits. This provision, the commission said,
"would reopen old wounds in
many communities, bring to 8
halt the steps mat are being
taken to achieve genuine desegregation. . .»'
The Gurney Admendment,the
commisssion concluded, "Contradicts both itself and the con*
sititution. It recognizes constitutional rights but denies federal institutions the power to
protect them."
The Ervin amendment, that
would restore "freedom of choice'1 in selection of schools by
parents and students, seeks to
overturn a 1968 Supreme Court
ruling, as well as part of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
commission said.
The Ashbrook amendment
which would prohibit the use of
federal funds for busing would
deny the right of students to attend unsegregated schools, the
commission added.
dn would send about
black pupils to "22
school districts and
9,000 pupils within ine.
sellaol-s-ystem next fall. "-**''
The city-only plan favored by
the school system's planning
department divides the city
schools into, nk.e attendance
areas, each area bearing the
name of the high school located
within its boundaries.
Apparently 11 elementary
schools would be closed under
the plan. These Include Schools
4, 8, /12, 30, 39, 41, 47, 76,
85, 95 and 104. Some other
schools kept open likely would
undergo variations in functions.
.Wood High and Shortrigde,
High Schools would be phased
out by the end of the year with
Wood continuing as an upper
elementary school serving
Washington High School. Shortridge would either become a
consolidated upper elementary
school serving Broad Ripple
High School or be converted
for use as a day adult school.
Apparently, more than 30,000
pupils would be reassigned under the plan, dslganated as area
pyramid-1974, although this
figure Includes about 10,000
who already have had their re-
assignments changed for racial
purposes.
wSupt. Karl Kalp, reportedly,
misestimated between 20,000
shot
white bartender who was later
freed under $1,000 bond.
In the series of shootings that
followed the tavern Incident
three white persons have been
hospitalized with gunshot
wounds suffered while driving
through the predominantly
black area near where the tavern Is located.
'Some persons here have
speculated that the shootings
had been committed by a San
Francisco type "Zebra" organization although Donald Mc-
Nary, executive director of the
Evansville Human Relations
Commission, says that he feels
that different persons were responsible for the two shooting
incidents.
Last Friday, a 20-year-old
Evansville man and his teenage
wife were shot when they
stepped for a stop light at an
Evansville intersection. Mrs.
Peggy Hamilton, 18, remained
hospitalized in critical condi-
lieved to have operated a
multi-state drug ring here and
in Memphis, Tenn., Louisville
and California.
Arrested in connection with
the alleged multi-million dope
operation was Bernard Carlton
of Los Angeles, who is being
held in the Marion County Jail
in leu of bonds totaling
$50,000.
Carlton, who is believed to
have been the major supplier
for at least two of the city's
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Two defeated
Democrats
consider suit
Two unsuccessful candidates who had sought die
Democratic nomination for
the State Legislature from
District 45 in the Indianapolis
inner city on Wednesday threatened a court challenge of
the primary results-with both
men charging that they were
the victims in an alleged vote
fraud.
The threat of a possible
federal court challenge was
being explored by incumbent
State Legislator William
(Skinny) Alexander, who apparently lost his bid for a
second term in the Indiana
General Assembly, and mor-
tician-politican Joseph W.
Summers, who said he has
evidence of irregularities in
too many precinis "for them
all to have been acciderttial."
Summers, a former member
of Indianapolis Board of Public
Safety, member, cited one
Instance in the balloting Tuesday in which he noted an irregularity: "My mother discovered that she was unable
to pull down the lever under
my name when she went to the
polls at School 42 In the 6th
District."
The obviously angered legislative hopeful, who operates
Summers Funeral Chapel at
3040 N. Capitol, revealed that
he had been conferring with
his attorneys Wednesday afternoon and that they were investigating the possibility of
asking the United States Attorneys office to launch an investigation into "the very real
possibility of extensive vote
fraud in the 45th District."
Alexander, an incmbent who
went to the polls without the
backing of the Marion County
Democratic Central Committee, also confirmed that he was
considering a court challenge
to Tuesday's balloting.
Alexander, and State Repre-
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Dickinson to receive 1st
IUSB honorary degree
S«"bM_would^Mqulre trans- tion Wednesday as a result of
portatton, with the remainder tt»** shoottag. Her husband,
walking to their new elem?^ Donald Hamilton was listed in
tary schools. satisfactory condition.
Each high school district MS45.
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portedly admitted that their may
be some evidence of discrimination in the unit and promised
"some action will be taken.*'
Employees filed complaints
three weeks ago charging that
the unit's officials were using
"Gestapo tactics' inanatterapt
to "get rid of all the black
employees In the department.
They said blacks in the department were constantly harassed,
assigned heavier work loads and
are overlooked when it comes to
promotions.
officials have denied this but
have .ordered an investigation
into the charges.
Attending the AprU 30 meeting were Mrs. Anita DeFrantz,
speech and hearing cllniclanaud
a member'of the Affirmative
Action Committee, of which Dr.
Rhome is chairman; William
Hall, IUPUI, attorney, aad the*
officials of the Indiana Civil
Rights Coramiasion, Charles
Sims, director of Investigators j
Claude MeKenste, investigators.
. Dr. Rhome announced that
school officials would investigate the charges, but-the black
employees questioned die efficiency of the officials.
Meanwhile, Glen Howard of
the Movement for Equality and
Opportunity (M.O.E.) announced
that there would be a meeting
May 11 at 4 p.m. at the Second
Christian Youth Center, 29th
and Illinois, to determined the
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pected to visit the home of his
brother here.
Police said Robert Bishop
was apprehended without incident.
Bishop, who was arrested on
a fugitive charge, has been
charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery by
Philadelphia police.
Bishop was released from a
Pennsylvania prison less than
30 days ago after having served
a five-year term for burglary.
The accused slayer appeared
Wednesday morning In Municipal Court Room 10, where
he waived extradition and a-
greed to return voluntarily to
Philadelphia, saying that he was
not involved in the shooting and
wanted to "go back and clear
this thing up."
Phlldelphla police are to pick
Bishop up on Friday.
Philadelphia authorities said
that Bishop aad two companions
last Friday shot and killed a
grocery store owner during a
robbery.
Indianapolis police said that
Bishop- had sustained a gunshot
wound in the hand during a
brief shootout with Philadelphia
police aad had treated himself
before coming to Indianapolis.
The other two suspects are
both in the custody of Philadelphia police.
No charges were filed against
die suspect's brother.
SOUTH BEND, —
The first honorary degree to
be presented at Indiana University at South Bend (IUSB) commencement is to go to Jesse
Dickinson.
Dickinson, a South Bend civic
leader, ex-legislator and former Indiana Civil Rights Commission chairman, is to receive
the degree during ceremonies
on May 15 at the University of
Notre Dame's* Athletic and Convocation Center.
Dickinson is one of 12 persons to receive Indiana University honorary degrees in five
seperate commencements this
month.
Dickinson, along-time leader
in community and state projects
until late 1972 served as director of the South Bend Public
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JESSE DICKINSON
Million youths called
illiterate in U.S. test
WASHINGTON, —
About a million American
youths 12 to 17, cannot read as
well as the average fourth-grader and can thus be called
illerate, according to a new
government report.
Reading test scores were
worse among blacks than
whites, boys than girls, and
youngsters from low-income
families with less-educated parents than those from more
fortunate backgrounds, the report showed.
The report, released by the
National Center for Health Statistics, provided new evidence
that the United States has a
serious literacy problem despite the more than $40 billion
spent yearly on public school
operations.
The report's findings were
based on brief literacy tests
Churches plan youth
program for summer
A summer program for youngsters, school pupils of the
inner-city, in grades 1 through
grade 8 will be sponsored by St.
John's Missionary Baptist Church and St. Rita's Roman Cath
olic Church June 17 through
Aug. 10.
, Rev. Johnny Tunstall TV of
St. John observed mat the program will provide academic tut-
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administered to a selected sample of 6,768 youths from 1966
through 1970.
The tests were part of the
center's health examination
survey, a major quest for data
on American's physical and
mental health. Later reports
will explore links between illiteracy and health problems.
The sampled youngsters were
asked to read seven short paragraphs of 40 to 50 words and
answer three multiple-choice
questions one each. They were
considered literate If they could
give correct answers for four
of the paragraphs.
One paragraph read: "It was
spring. The young boy breathed,
the warm sprlnaair, threw off
his shoes and began to run. His
arras swung. His feet hit sharply
and evenly against the ground.
At last'he felt free*." The questions concerned the season of
the year, what the boy was doing
and how he felt.
The 12 to 17 year-olds whose
scores fell below what could be
expected from the average child
beginning fourth-grade were
considered illiterate. Fourth-
graders are normally .9* years
old.
After analysing the test results, survey officials estimated that 4.9 per cent of the na--
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Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs to meet here July 6-*$
FRESHNESS OF SPRING: Little Misses Maria Bebley (left)
and Glna Bowles admire the first buds - a sure sign that
spring Is really here -on a small tree on the lawn of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art. Utile Miss Bebley Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. •Walter Bebley, 2602 E. 40th
and Little Miss Bowles is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fredric Bowles, 28 S. Sheridan. (Recorder photo by Jim
Bunas)
The annual conference of the
Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs will be
held In the city at the Marott
Hotel July 8-9.
Speakers on the 8:80 a.m.
panel program Included, Ms.
Julia Carson, speaking on "The
Black Woman in polltica; Mrs.
T. Beatrice Holland, "The
Black WOman In Civil Rights
Mover int.". Mrs. Osma Spur-
lock, "The Woman in Employment," and Ms. Betty Jonas,
"The Black Woman and ERA.
Interviewers will include Mrs.
Alpha Blackburn and Mrs.Barbara Boyd.
The National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs la the
oldest and the largest organisation of Black Women over the
nation with affllliated clubs ta
Alaska, Canada ami Germany.
fc-
Mrs. Hazel M. Mlnneiield,
Anderson, Ind., Is president of
the state federation, an«l Mrs.
Juanita W. Brown, East Chicago, is the second Indiana
woman in the 78 year* of his-,
ton- of the National Association to serve as president.
Highlights of the annual state
conference iivladt^fbv awards
dinner at the Marut|Saturday
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